are you kidding? japanese mcdonalds' are far superior to the ones in the states. much better service, and cleaner too. I'll grant J-donalds has "better service and cleaner" but the food smells like tofu or soyacrap. Then again, I don't eat there if I can help it. I only walk by McDonalds ...
Japan was right to back U.S Lead Editorial / Daily Yomiuri / 02/20/03 01:50 [the final lines read]... At home, there are opinions critical of the government for having indicated it will throw its support behind the United States in the event of a war. However, it should be pointed out that, conside...
Crews hang together here with LOTS of babes. Don't be shy... ha! ill have to steal some of those babes away from them then. :lol: is everyone going to like surround me and watch me paint or some shit? haha.. sounds like junior high all over again. It is junior high all over again. :roll: and is it ...
...rejected by the ministries was...believing the word ``doctor'' in foreign countries has another secret meaning... Not so different to some western countries. ... Some reforms may be possible, but in Japan I see a real lack of trying, especially in medicine. Sometime I'll buy ya a beer and tell y...
Domestic train firms say cars safe Yomiuri Shimbun 20 Feb No one has died in a train fire in this country since 1972, when 30 people in a sleeping car suffocated after a fire broke out in the dining car of a train belonging to the then Japanese National Railways. The train was passing through a tun...
I think I did my part. Can't do more than my share of it. This guy is doing his part for the ski industry too! Japanese, 99, to ski down Mont Blanc glacier . The 77 year old did it!!!! Poor old 99 year oji-chan didn't. Japanese Family Skis Across Mont Blanc Feb 19--CHAMONIX, France (AP)--Yuichiro M...
Man arrested with gas, grill at airport MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A Japanese tourist was arrested after carrying a canister of gasoline and a barbecue grill through Miami International Airport, police said. Yeah, as I mentioned yesterday's thread , "The FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization ...
I tend to see the real story as being the unemployed woman walking around with 20,000 yen. Sure, this is Japan and all that, but damn, that is pretty good walking around money. Captain Right off the top of my head, I remember that NHK showed a "pocket money" survey a couple of years ago.....
thanks taro! whats the graff ettiquite (sp?) in japan? dont need the bosozoku or some shit TRYING to break my legs :D Street Etiquette is much the same as the States but much more mellow... :arrow: RESPECT GOOD GRAFF! Don't overpaint somebody's mega-yen, 40-layer art! Especially --hint hint-- the p...
could someone give me some information about transporting my car to japan by sea? price? fees? emissions? thanks! coming from america by the way.. its a bmw Cheap! IF you hook up with the right people in the States it's only $600-$800 (less than $500 each for multiple cars so bring many low-riders)...
http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Zen_Dog/images/lg-38912.jpg Read the story and see the video of the Zen Dog do... Japanese dog undertakes rigorous training at zen temple A dog's life may not be so bad after all in Japan where canines have started undertaking rigorous training at a zen temple wit...
IT'S ON NHK LIVE and ALL THE JAPANESE TV CHANNELS ARE FEATURING IT RIGHT NOW... Live video still shows smoke. Japan authorities inspect Tokyo subway system Japan's Transport Ministry has inspected the subway system in Tokyo to beef up safety and fire prevention measures in the wake of a South Korea...
Japanese firm to sell tiny TVs in doll-house-like setting TOKYO (AP) - The tiny, postage-stamp-size TV sitting in the corner of a miniature living room works like a real TV, complete with volume and channel controls, video recording capability and liquid crystal display technology from Sharp Corp.....
Murderous MAGURO sashimi ! http://www.eatsushi.com/img/tuna_icon.jpg UK food watchdog warns of mercury risk in tuna LONDON - Pregnant women, breastfeeding women and those planning babies should limit their consumption of tuna because mercury found in the fish could present a health hazard, Britain's...
I heard it was the green tea... I thought all that smoking salarymen drank was coffee at work and sake/beer/happoshu in the wee small hours away from the company. Maybe that's why no-smoking, only-paper-cups Starbucks Japan is going bust while some-smoking, ceramic-cups Tully's Coffee Japan isn't.....
Open wide and don't blink at Narita. :eye: http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:rxPpSBRa1akC:i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/WORLD/europe/03/27/schiphol.security/story.irisscan.jpg . http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:uAO-lOuq07QC:www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/images/clockwork_big.jpg . ...
What about the dreaded Typhoon coverage?? :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: As I referred to yesterday in my news post, I love NHK's TV reporters Interview-with-the-mail-slots that do not answer. :roll: http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:exH2ZAjdNukC:home.att.ne.jp/sigma/torbengb/gbdkwww/images/photos/japan/mai...
Too bad there aren't any men-only cars for GG to invade... Seriously, I do think that women's only carriages send completely the wrong message!! For perspective...Mexican men would NEVER think to be "carriage invader": It's too emasculating even to think of. "The Mexico City subway w...
Don't hold your breath but ... Reform rumble The Asahi Shimbun / 19 Feb "Mold is developing in the minds of civil servants." --- Yoshitada Yonoike, State minister in charge of special deregulation zones. ...Justice Ministry officials said they would increase the number of foreign trainees ...
Via Aint-it-cool-news.com check out that in Japan, "Uma's hair isn't blonde" in this Kill Bill poster modoki . :lol: http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/image/killbilljapanesemockup.jpg http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:T_5Y0V9i_ZEC:www.baader-kirchofer.net/tarantino/movie/killbill/billl...
... They just need to settle down with a nice husband or wife and live how good monkey on the discovery channel are supposed to live!!! Darwin said so - it must be true!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Back to the Discovery Channel for me... Lesbian Japanese monkeys challenge Darwin's assumpti...
Why do Japanese hold on to the squatter? The standard Japanese "argument" is that they are: 1. Squatters are cleaner (no contact, simple to clean). 2. Squatting is more "natural" (it provides more pressure which is very important because Japanese greatly value Speed Shitting, ju...
Over on Fark.com, they have a long thread ... I just realized I haven't been to Fark in months... MAJIME. MAJIME. MAJIME. * http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Feb/20032184367779327381421.jpg *Is this the world's most boring ad or what?! Mitsubishi has been marketing the Colt ...[with the] ...
Let's not go through this sheeee-it again. Copycat crazies in Japan??? I'd be more worried about copycat terrorists in NY. No need for dirty bombs, don't need to get past airport security, no high tech weaponry... Fuck! All you need is a crazy arab with a milk carton of lighter fluid and you've got...
4 schoolgirls held over Noda knifepoint robbery The four students, aged 14 and 15, used a fruit knife to accost ... I knew those Chiba girls were rough, but damn ... Yep. Japanese ladies sure can be vicious wielding fruit knives http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:f2mqxcwA2cQC:www.theblackmoon.co...